Ningxia sharpens its edge in new energy

Ningxia : Integrated growth prioritized

The Ningxia Hui autonomous region will speed up the establishment of a new-type energy system and a new electric power system, while bolstering the clustered development of industries with local characteristics and distinctive advantages, as part of its broader push to achieve high-quality growth, the region's top official said.

Li Yifei, Party secretary of Ningxia and a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, said the region is ratcheting up resources to develop a modern coal chemical industry, new materials, clean energy, digital information, agriculture, culture and tourism.

It is also stepping up efforts to promote the exploitation and utilization of new energy, in order to drive industrial upgrading, cut carbon emissions and reduce pollution, he added.

As China's first demonstration zone for new energy comprehensive construction, Ningxia is a major green power supplier with abundant green energy resources. It is taking tangible steps to advance the green and low-carbon transition of the traditional energy industry.

Li said the installed capacity of new energy in Ningxia reached 41.32 million kilowatts in 2024, accounting for more than 50 percent of the region's total installed power capacity.

The region is at the forefront of the country's transformation to clean and efficient utilization of coal resources, with its modern coal chemical industry making it to the list of national advanced manufacturing clusters.

Ningxia's GDP grew 5.4 percent year-on-year in 2024, ranking sixth in the country and exceeding the national average for 10 consecutive quarters, according to the region's bureau of statistics. The regional GDP reached 550.3 billion yuan ($76 billion) last year.

Last year, Ningxia ranked third in the country in terms of industrial output. The region's industrial output increased 9.6 percent year-on-year, 3.8 percentage points higher than the average growth rate of the country's overall industrial economy.

Li said Ningxia is pressing ahead with new urbanization and rural vitalization to promote the common prosperity of both urban and rural areas, adding that it has promoted new industrialization to drive the integrated development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries.

According to the official, the number of new types of agricultural business entities has reached 22,000 in the region, while the output of the agricultural product-processing sector surpassed 100 billion yuan last year.

Ningxia is also vigorously developing its rural tourism sector. The region's rural areas received 13.56 million visits last year, with revenue reaching 1.25 billion yuan.

Li said the region will continue to expand opening-up, improve business environment, facilitate growth of the private sector, and actively participate in Belt and Road cooperation, which will inject fresh impetus and vitality into its high-quality development.

Ningxia is also striving to build data center clusters, network infrastructure and integrated computing power systems to boost the development of its digital economy, as well as promote the digital transformation of industries and the industrialization of digital technologies.

A group of tech companies from home and abroad have built data centers in Ningxia to offer cloud computing services, thanks to the region's abundant energy resources and cooler climate.

Located in the Yellow River basin, Ningxia is surrounded by deserts on three sides and faces the daunting task of conserving and restoring ecosystems. Li said the region is pushing environmental protection and ecological restoration projects, including soil and water conservation and the control of desertification.

Reporter: Hu Dongmei and Fan Feifei

共同團(tuán)結(jié)奮斗 共同繁榮發(fā)展

凝心聚力譜寫中國式現(xiàn)代化寧夏篇章

——專訪寧夏回族自治區(qū)黨委書 記,、人大常委會(huì)主任李邑飛

黨的十八大以來，習(xí)近平總書記3次到寧夏考察指導(dǎo),、看望各族群眾并發(fā)表重要講話,，賦予寧夏建設(shè)黃河流域生態(tài)環(huán)境保護(hù)和高質(zhì)量發(fā)展先行區(qū)、創(chuàng)建鑄牢中華民族共同體意識(shí)示范區(qū)使命任務(wù)，為寧夏指明了現(xiàn)代化之路,、高質(zhì)量發(fā)展之路,、改革開放之路、人民共同富裕之路,。寧夏始終牢記囑托,、感恩奮進(jìn)，深入學(xué)習(xí)貫徹黨的二十大,、二十屆三中全會(huì)和習(xí)近平總書記考察寧夏重要講話精神,，統(tǒng)籌民族團(tuán)結(jié)進(jìn)步和促進(jìn)共同富裕，一體推進(jìn)先行區(qū)建設(shè)和示范區(qū)創(chuàng)建,，各族群眾心齊勁足朝著加快建設(shè)美麗新寧夏,、奮力譜寫中國式現(xiàn)代化寧夏篇章目標(biāo)闊步前行。

堅(jiān)持在共同繁榮發(fā)展中共建共享現(xiàn)代化成果,。寧夏完整準(zhǔn)確全面貫徹新發(fā)展理念,，緊抓高質(zhì)量發(fā)展首要任務(wù)不動(dòng)搖，在經(jīng)濟(jì)規(guī)劃布局時(shí)體現(xiàn)各民族共同目標(biāo),，在制定經(jīng)濟(jì)政策時(shí)體現(xiàn)各民族共同利益,，在推動(dòng)經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展過程中體現(xiàn)各民族共同奮斗，賦予所有改革發(fā)展以彰顯中華民族共同體意識(shí)的意義,，引導(dǎo)各族群眾感黨恩,、聽黨話、跟黨走,。一是守正創(chuàng)新打牢高質(zhì)量發(fā)展物質(zhì)基礎(chǔ),。精耕細(xì)作推動(dòng)現(xiàn)代煤化工、新型材料,、清潔能源,、數(shù)字信息、特色農(nóng)牧業(yè),、文化旅游等特色優(yōu)勢(shì)產(chǎn)業(yè)發(fā)展,，以建設(shè)新型能源體系和新型電力系統(tǒng)帶動(dòng)能源綠色低碳轉(zhuǎn)型、產(chǎn)業(yè)轉(zhuǎn)型優(yōu)化升級(jí),、發(fā)展壯大市場(chǎng)主體,、保護(hù)治理生態(tài)環(huán)境、構(gòu)建綠色生產(chǎn)生活方式,，現(xiàn)代煤化工產(chǎn)業(yè)入選國家先進(jìn)制造業(yè)集群,，新材料產(chǎn)業(yè)產(chǎn)值占規(guī)上工業(yè)比重超過20%，特色農(nóng)牧業(yè)產(chǎn)值占農(nóng)業(yè)總產(chǎn)值超過88%,，去年地區(qū)生產(chǎn)總值增長5.4%,，“十四五”以來4年中增長近40%,、年均增長5.8%，在融入和服務(wù)新發(fā)展格局中不斷增創(chuàng)發(fā)展新優(yōu)勢(shì),。二是持續(xù)推動(dòng)良好生態(tài)成為各族群眾最普惠福祉,。堅(jiān)守“一河三山”生態(tài)環(huán)境基準(zhǔn)線，堅(jiān)決打好黃河“幾字彎”攻堅(jiān)戰(zhàn),，縱深推進(jìn)藍(lán)天碧水凈土保衛(wèi)戰(zhàn),，實(shí)施水土保持、荒漠化和沙化土地治理等生態(tài)修復(fù)工程,，黃河干流寧夏段水質(zhì)連續(xù)8年保持Ⅱ類進(jìn)出,，空氣質(zhì)量優(yōu)良天數(shù)比例達(dá)83%以上，主要污染物總量減排,、萬元GDP用水量提前完成“十四五”規(guī)劃目標(biāo)任務(wù),，塞上江南越來越秀美。三是著力在保障和改善民生中凝聚人心,。統(tǒng)籌推進(jìn)新型工業(yè)化,、新型城鎮(zhèn)化和鄉(xiāng)村全面振興，每年將75%以上的財(cái)力投向民生,，持續(xù)鞏固脫貧攻堅(jiān)成果,，加強(qiáng)普惠性、基礎(chǔ)性,、兜底性民生建設(shè),，開展有組織、定向化,、技術(shù)型勞務(wù)輸出31.8萬人,，去年城鄉(xiāng)居民收入分別增長4.8%,、7%,，教育、醫(yī)療,、住房,、社保等基本公共服務(wù)水平持續(xù)提升，各族群眾實(shí)實(shí)在在感受到共同富裕就在身邊,。

注重在共同團(tuán)結(jié)奮斗中聚力中國式現(xiàn)代化寧夏實(shí)踐,。寧夏全面貫徹新時(shí)代黨的民族政策大政方針，有形有感有效加快創(chuàng)建示范區(qū),，促進(jìn)各族群眾在“行”上融入,、“心”中融合，凝心聚力共建美麗新寧夏,、共同走向現(xiàn)代化,。一是持續(xù)鞏固發(fā)展平等團(tuán)結(jié)互助和諧的社會(huì)主義民族關(guān)系,。堅(jiān)定不移走中國特色解決民族問題的正確道路，堅(jiān)持黨中央集中統(tǒng)一領(lǐng)導(dǎo),，把維護(hù)中華民族根本利益放在首位,，堅(jiān)持和完善民族區(qū)域自治制度，依法治理民族事務(wù),，保持了政通人和,、民族團(tuán)結(jié)、社會(huì)穩(wěn)定的好局面,。二是全面構(gòu)筑中華民族共有精神家園,。廣泛開展“牢記總書記囑托、鑄牢中華民族共同體意識(shí)”教育,，深入實(shí)施黨員干部培元固本,、青少年夯基育苗、各族群眾凝心鑄魂,、社科理論正本清源工程,，組織馬克思主義“五觀”百場(chǎng)萬人宣講，推動(dòng)中華優(yōu)秀傳統(tǒng)文化創(chuàng)造性轉(zhuǎn)化,、創(chuàng)新性發(fā)展,，連續(xù)41年開展民族團(tuán)結(jié)進(jìn)步月活動(dòng)，實(shí)現(xiàn)民族團(tuán)結(jié)進(jìn)步示范市縣區(qū)創(chuàng)建全覆蓋,。三是大力促進(jìn)各民族交往交流交融,。統(tǒng)籌城鄉(xiāng)建設(shè)布局規(guī)劃和公共服務(wù)資源配置，加快構(gòu)建互嵌式社會(huì)結(jié)構(gòu)和社區(qū)環(huán)境,，鼓勵(lì)和引導(dǎo)區(qū)內(nèi)外各民族人口跨區(qū)域雙向流動(dòng)融居,，推動(dòng)各民族在空間、文化,、經(jīng)濟(jì),、社會(huì)、心理等方面全方位互嵌,，各族群眾在共居共學(xué),、共建共享、共事共樂中越走越近,、越融越親,，習(xí)近平總書記在今年新年賀詞中親切肯定“銀川多民族社區(qū)居民親如一家”。

習(xí)近平總書記指出,，沒有各民族共同團(tuán)結(jié)奮斗就難以實(shí)現(xiàn)社會(huì)主義現(xiàn)代化,，沒有各民族共同繁榮發(fā)展也不是社會(huì)主義現(xiàn)代化。寧夏將牢記習(xí)近平總書記諄諄囑托,，在中國式現(xiàn)代化全局中聚焦主線,、突出主題,，進(jìn)一步共同團(tuán)結(jié)奮斗、共同繁榮發(fā)展,，奮力開創(chuàng)經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮新局面,、續(xù)寫民族團(tuán)結(jié)新篇章、繪就環(huán)境優(yōu)美新畫卷,、創(chuàng)建人民富裕新生活,，為建設(shè)認(rèn)同度更高、凝聚力更強(qiáng)的中華民族共同體作出更大貢獻(xiàn),。